The Weapon Master Shall Never Die Bare-Handed in Genshin Impact [242]

As soon as Klee finished speaking, she dashed off toward Windrise, her tiny feet pattering quickly against the ground.

“Klee!?”

Paimon called out her name, but Klee didn’t even glance back as she sprinted away.

“Well, there’s no choice. Jax, Mona, I’ll go after Klee,” Lumine said, grabbing Paimon and chasing after the energetic little girl.

Mona sighed as she surveyed the aftermath. “Go ahead. I’ll clean up this mess… But there are so many bombs here. Are these safe?”

The pile of explosives scattered around made her head ache.

She had come prepared to discuss great knowledge, yet somehow found herself in the middle of this bizarre situation.

Reluctantly, Mona began gathering up the bombs. Jia Changjiang, meanwhile, was holding a string of Boom Boom Bombs with a bemused expression.

“Did Klee really carry this many bombs in her bag? It’s like she’s a walking powder keg…” Jia Changjiang mused.

And she still gets locked in solitary confinement so often… Plus, rumor has it her mom is even more destructive?

Jia Changjiang fell into thought. If Klee grows up, just how powerful will her destructive capabilities be?

Will Mondstadt even survive?

With that grim mental image, Jia Changjiang helped Mona carefully set the bombs aside.

Among Klee’s scattered belongings were butterfly wings, lizard tails, and other odds and ends. Jia Changjiang meticulously collected them as well, reasoning that Klee would be distressed if she lost any of them.

Amid the clutter, Mona’s attention was drawn to a few books.

“Even though Klee doesn’t seem to know much about mysticism, maybe these books contain some relevant knowledge?”

Finding a spot to sit, Mona casually flipped through one of the books.

The first was a sketchbook. The second seemed to be a journal full of Klee’s drawings. Mona skimmed through them, passing the time as she and Jia Changjiang started chatting.

“Mona, earlier you said my fate was blurry, like a stone dropped into water. But from what you’re saying… it’s not like you can’t see anything at all, right?”

Jia Changjiang broke the silence, sitting down beside her. “I remember when you convinced Lumine, you mentioned something about gods and bloodlines. Was that something you divined?”

“Indeed.” Mona continued flipping through the book as she replied. “Although blurry, certain things still stand out… However—”

She looked up at Jia Changjiang. “Even though you both come from another world, you and Lumine are quite different.”

“Different how?” Jia Changjiang asked curiously.

“I’ve always wondered why the two of you travel together…” Mona furrowed her brow slightly. “While her future is vast and full of trials, it seems she won’t…”

“…walk the razor’s edge of fate like you do. One misstep, and you’ll perish.”

Mona’s words were blunt, revealing everything she had seen in Jia Changjiang’s destiny without holding back.

“So those ripples you mentioned… are all potential ways I could die?” Jia Changjiang chuckled. “I must be really unlucky. Thinking back, I’ve had plenty of close calls already.”

He started counting on his fingers. “Dvalin, La Signora, Childe, the Archons… All of them were stronger than me. The fact that I’m still alive seems pretty strange, doesn’t it?”

“But wow, Mona, you really don’t sugarcoat things, huh?”

Mona responded evenly, “Divination reveals the fixed truths of fate. There’s no point in concealing it. However, an astrologist only states what they foresee. Offering advice is not part of the job.”

“Yeah, yeah, I get it. No advice, no trying to talk me out of it, right?” Jia Changjiang said, lying back on the grass. “Still, I’m curious. What exactly did you see in my blurry future?”

“Not much. Your fate is already so unclear that I can’t see far into your future,” Mona admitted.

“Is that so?” Jia Changjiang didn’t seem too bothered, remarking, “Well, I figure I’ll just keep finding strong people to fight and continue down this path…”

“You’re not afraid of dying?” Mona asked, tilting her head.

“I won’t die.” Jia Changjiang’s eyes glimmered with determination. “If I can’t believe in myself to survive, then what’s the point of continuing? Am I supposed to walk into every battle expecting to die?”

He grinned. “No, I believe in my survival. I believe in my victory. Every fight deserves my all—that’s the kind of fate I want.”

He gazed at the daytime sky, empty of stars. “Who knows? Maybe my little stone will break through the flow of destiny.”

“…You and Lumine both have such peculiar fates.” Mona shook her head and returned to the book in her hands. “If I had greater knowledge, perhaps I could fully decipher them.”

As she spoke, Mona flipped a few more pages—and then paused.

“This book…”

Her expression shifted slightly as she examined it further. “Why is this… a diary? And it’s filled with strange, girly musings!”

“Huh? A diary? Klee’s?”

Jia Changjiang blinked in surprise. Klee having a diary was news to him, so he reached over and took the book from Mona.

“Let me see… It really is a diary. But it doesn’t look like Klee wrote this. It seems like it was written by someone much older.”

“And it’s full of flowery, dreamlike fantasies?” The two of them began flipping through the pages together, occasionally stopping to comment on what they read.

“Tch, tch, tch…”

Jia Changjiang found the diary oddly entertaining.

How should he put it…?

Diaries written during one’s youth, and notes penned in one’s adolescence, are absolutely not meant for others to see.

Everyone goes through that phase.

And honestly, this rare chance to peek into someone else’s youthful embarrassments… well, it was too fun to pass up.

As for Jia Changjiang’s own teenage notes?

Those had long since been locked away in a box, which was then locked inside a cabinet.

No one would ever see them.

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